The democratic process rests on a fair, universally accessible voting system through which all citizens can easily and accurately cast a vote. With the 2000 US presidential election, however, the country got a firsthand look at the results of a flawed voting system, which fueled renewed public interest in voting system reliability. People became especially enchanted by the computer's siren song, so election officials have increasingly examined and adopted voting systems that rely primarily on computers to record and tabulate votes. Much of their attention has centered on direct recording electronic (DRE) voting systems, which completely eliminate paper ballots.